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Par* Two
TH E PILOT
Published Mch Friday by
THli FWOT, Incorponted,
Sonthera Ptnw, N. C.
NEUON C. HVDB
Editor
OAN S. iUy,
G«oersl MAoag^er
CHASLES MACAUUCT
Adv«rtt9(n( SfmiutKer
K. BatUr, BmsU C*in*r*B IbIUi.
L. AiwciatM
Snbaeriptloa Rates:
Ob* Tear 13.00
Ms Ifontha $1.00
Tkra* Ifontha .80
Batcred at the Poatofftce at South-
»ni Pines, N. C., as second class mall
Batter.
THE PILOT. Southern Pines and Aberdeen, NoKh Carolina
Friday, January H,
PROMPT WORK
BY UTILITIES
The exceptional wintry wea
ther of the forepart of the week
played havoc with power, light
and telephone lines throughout
this section and though the
public was temporarily incon
venienced by loss of light, heat
^nd telephone service, the sus-
tjeiisions were brief The Caro
lina Power and Light Company
and the Central Carolina Tele
phone Company are to be con
gratulated on the splendid work
of clearing up their lines
promptly
The job called for managerial
skill and the tireles effort of
field crews, for the damage was
widespread A large expanse of
territory had to be covered to
repair lines snapped by the fal-
ing of ice-laden limbs- and there
was a great deal of replacement
of equipment involved- These
storms arp expensive things for
public utilities companies, or
ganizations which come in for
so much abuse much of the
time that they merit a word of
righteous praise when they con
quer the battles against the
elements as they did this week-
THE POCKETBOOK
KNOWLEDGE
AmEHcnATA WCB«T HEN VORK msM»n o(/r-cr-riST-rC/B£S’SHOW ACniA'SY
SM va rauowMo Aiman chatid m na wocssiaN peihod and ofreinMa
HSW MK AMD (Mntoas TQBMAMD TOMOMlOW
MOMSNJ
Many Contributions
For Christmas Lighting
Southern Pines Junior Camber
Thanlts Those Who Helped
Erect Light Trees
.
Pinehurst Paragraphs
Herbert D. Vail went to Philadel.
phia the first of the week on a busi.
ness trip
Miss Kdna Gentry spent the week
end at her home in Sparta, N. C.
Mrs, Herbert L. Hawley^ Sr., is
vistUng her son. H. C. Hawley and
family in Payettev lie
Mr. and Mrs. Colin McKcnzie en
tertained the ScLBack club at their
Misa Annabelle MacNab and Mrs. jjome Saturday evening.
Richard B. Pippitt have returned to
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Beall of BIr.
Boston after spending two weeks
guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs, ^ Scofield.
Janies W. MacNab and Mr. and Mrs. , _
„ ,, , „ Mrs. William Parkinson has re-
Donald J. Ross.
REAL BOOM
IN BUSIN'ESS
At this writing, the official
reports on fourth-quarter busi
ness activity ave not yet been
published But 2)reliminary re
ports and authoritative esti
mates are at hand- They show
that business during the latter
part of 1939 made one of the
most rapid rises in our history-
Where the Federal Reserve
Board index of production stood
at 98 in June it shot upward to
125 in November. And the De
cember level, going by advance
estimates, was 127 or better-
Of vital importance is the fact
that practically all manufactur
ing shared in the improvement-
In our pre\ious “recovery” per
iods it has often been the case
that some major^ industries lag
ged behind or remained static
while the rest advanced—in
other words, the betterment was
usually spotty- That certainly
wasn’t true last year- Only a
handfuls of relatively minor in
dustries in the manufacturinfc
field failed to respond to the
general trend-
Interestinj? point is that this
remarkable jump in bu.siness
was almost completely unexpect
ed- All of the experts were fool
ed- When the June low was
reached, after half a year of
steady decline, most of them
forecast that the pickup which
was in mild evidence then woald
carry on into the new year- But
they thought it would be a
slow advance which at best
would take us to the 105 level
by December) Instead, expan
sion took place beyond all esti
mates-
Just w'hat caused this trem
endous upturn is the question
that is being widely debated
now- And it isn’t an easy ques
tion to answer- There has been
no particular change in the do
mestic situation, political or
otherwise- You can’t attribute
it to Europe’s w^ar—war orders
so far placed in this country
have been under early expectr.
tions, not above- It can be ar
gued that the country have
been under early expectations,
not above- It can be argued that
the country w'as way behind in
its requirements of goods of all
kindsh—but that has been the
case for many years-
Ingenius key to the puzzle is
provided by Ralph Robey,
Newsweek’s business authority-
Mr- Robey argues that the trem-
dous error made by the fore-
turned from a w^eks stay In New
, York.
casters last June was the result
- ... i Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson of
of a failure to see the change ~^ ^ .
, . , , . , , • iu ' Cleveland. Ohio, have arrived and
which has taken place m the; * t *
, j. • • 'are at their cottage. Ivy Point,
general policy of business men,
in the management of their j Mrs. M. G. Solomon is confined to
companies- Previously it was i infiuenea.
the practi>?ia to !ke^ business 1 Mrs. Betty McGouldrlch held
firms in the most liquid condi- j "open house,” at her home. Maple
tion possible — relatively large j cottage. Monday afternoon. About
cash resources, small inven- ; forty .five friends called to welcome
tories, and the minimu mof fu-' Mrs. McGouldrich and children Jim-
ture commitments- Within the|„,y and Patty, and her mother, Mrs.
pest four months (Mr- Robey, Morrow, who have returned
wrote this in late December) j to Pinehurst to reside,
the whole tendency^^has been toj jjorton’s class of boys of the
reverse this policy- If , young people's department of the
true- it explains a Community Church entertained Mrs.
that has been mj stifying- And j^ci^ej^ay’s* and Mrs. Herndon's
there is much e\^dence to back desses of girls at a supper at Sally’s
it up>—business is spending its ^abln on Tuesday evening,
cash rapidly and inventories are, parent.Teacher meeting was
being built up to extraordinary ■ accotmt of the incie.
levels- ^ ^ ment weather to next Tuesday, Jan.
Main point now is, how long uary 16th at 3;15 o'clock in the
will the trend continue? Gener- sj.jjqqj auditorium,
al opinion holds that there will
be a moderate leveling off soon,
Jind that certain readjustments
must be made-And most specit- ,
ic forer..sts reflect the opinion ^ M,s« Margaret Lawrence ha.s re.,
lhat 1940 on the average will turned to Hamlet after vsiung her
sister Mrs. C. W. Thomas. ,
The Southern Pines Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and the people of
Southern Pines are indebted to the
following for contributions which
made possible the Christmas trees
and lighting along Broad street dur
ing the holidays, a project of the Ju.
nior Chamber;
Junior Civic Club. Tog Shop, I. F.
Chandler Ice Plant, Dr. h. M. Daniels,
Dr. W. C. Mudgett, Fields Barber
Shop, Page Motor Company, Valet
Cleaners, Dom's, Bowling Alley,
Southern Pines Warehouses, Melvin
Brothers, Eddy's Studio, Park View
Hotel, Roth’s Barber Shop, Sandhill
Co.operative Dairies, Southern Pine*
Laundry, E. C. Stevens Office, Jack’s
Grill, A. S. Newcomb Office, A A P
Tea Company, E. E. Davis Shop,
Southern Pines Garage, Atkinson
Furniture Company, Penders Grocery
Co., C. L. Hayes Book Shop, Jeffer
son Inn, Garland Pierce Agency,
Welch’s Gift Shop, Carolina Power
& Lfgbt Company, Citizens Bank &
Tnirst Company, C. T. Patch Store,
J. D. Arey—Building Contractor
A. M. Swinnerton, Tates Hardw'are
Company, Dr. J. S. Milliken, Coffee
Shop. Agnes Dorothy Beauty Shop,
H. S. Knowles Store, Brown & Clark
Station, Dr. M, O. Stutz, Town of
Southern Pines, J. Vance Rowe Of.
fice, Reinecke A Compauiy, P. P. Pel-
ton Office, Dr. E. W. Bush, McNeill
Feed Store, McGill Shoe Shop, Mer
rills Pharmacy, J. N. Powell, Inc., I
Modern Market, Mack's 5c and 10c
Store, Miss Catherine Pi»rson Shop. I
Montesanti Cleaners, Alton Scott
Station, Dr. G. G. Herr, Tote Togg ly
Mrs. J. B. Gifford Shop, Ed's Cafe,,*
W. D. Mathews Office, Sandhill Drug
Company, McLean Furniture Com.
pany, Miss Allie McIntosh Shop, Hoi.
lywood Hotel, Bakers Food Store,
Southern Pines Grocery, Carolina
Theatre, Mrs. C. L. Hayes Shop, Drs. ^
McLeod & McLeod, Broad Street j
Pharmacy. Belvedere Hotel, Bushby
Electric Company, Central Carolina
Telephone Company, P. T. Bamum, j
Inc., FYunjean's, McNeills Service ;
Station, Tat«i Beauty Shop, Dr. P.
J. Cheater, Clark's Funeral Home. H.'
A. Lewis Trade" Store, E, H. Loren. |
son Office. Colton.Fergruson Garage, j ^
Simons Electric Company, C. L. Aus '
tin—Bulldng Contractor. i
Fersonal Oonatlnnn
Carolina Baking Co., Miss Ethel
Jones, and several anonymous dona-
tou.
BEGINNING
Saturday
January 13th
DRESSES from $1.00 to $10
Reduced from $2.95 and $22.50
COATS from $5.95 to $19.75
Have been $15.00 to $45.00
HATS from $1.00 to $5.00
Have Been $3.00 to $10.50
Must close out all Fall
and Winter Apparel
Mrs. Hayes’ Shop
CASH AND CARRY
MigHland L.odge
A QUIET HOME-LIKE FAMILY HOTEL
Pleasantly Located on Vermont Avenue Near the Pines
SEASON OCTOBEB 1ST TO JTNE 1ST
Mrs. M. F. Grearson
Tftlepiiuae 69SS Southern I*lnea, N. C. 11
FOR RESULTS ADVERTISE IN THE PILOf
Little Misse.s Sylira Callaway and;
Julia Ann McCaskill are confined to
I be a considerably better year
than 19.39, whether we get big
war orders or not-
MAY HE REST
IN PEACE
When Major Henry A Lon
don. died, tiiey clad his frail
boftv in the uniform of grey
he had worn as a soldier of the
South- To-dav my soul is K^ey
because of the passing of his
son- mv friend Henry M- Lon
don. who rer ' red his St.vte as
Mrs. Edgar Ewing has returned |
from New York City. |
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gifford. |
and children, Sally and Rllen, have j
arrived and opened their home for
the remainder of the season.
Rev. and Xlr.s. A. V. Gibson of
Sanford were dinned guest.s of Rev..
and Mrs. McKelway Tuesday even- ^
ing. I
Mr, and Mr.s. Leonard Barrett have
returned to Chapel Hill after vi.siting
here the forepart of the week.
Mns. Rosser .Tones of Aberdeen j.s
David
fine a serv’icfe upon the field of
, peace as did his father in time eue-ot rf her sister Mrs.
'of war- And he was forged of
the same fine character as wa.s Elsie Thomas has returned j
his father, of .such lustrous tex- from Raleigh where she visited her^
ture that hi.s entire life “bios- aunt, Mrs. c. w. Ford.
' somed charity-’
; All the trumpets of Zion
I sounded a fanfare when Henry
M- London wn.s taken; but I do
not think of him as havinp left^
us. but that he has merely slip-
i ned behind a veil which con-
MOORE C Ol’NTY' B(>\ S i
AC CEPTKI) FOK CCC
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0»/y C^vro/,» Truch Br!„g
All Th,,e Famous f,alur„
New De Lux« Truck Cabs
v.i. ■ fanviu.
Truck Ena,n,
The following Moore county boys:
were examined in Raleigh Monday j
and accepted for service In the CCC: j
I ceals him from our view- To me 'W’hite—John Wesley Gordon, West j
ihis Spirit hovers over us, while End; Samuel Biby. Carthage Route]
jhis body rests besides his fath-|3: Clyde Cummings, Vass; Fred Ed-1
-pr’s in the hills from whence monds, Cameron; George W. Vest, I
he snranjr- There he ioined a Jr., West End; Carl Black, Carth. j
"oodlv company, one described age Route 3; John G. Monroe, Ea. |
bv James Ryder Randall as “All Springs Route l; Jesse F. VViUl
thv slumberers with the just-”; son, Carthage Route 3; Robert
Henry M- London wras a just Bowles, Carthage; Charles Maness,
man; one of the finest charac-i Carthage star Route
ters w’ithin the chambers of my{ Colored — Richard Clegg, Hemp;
memory ; and if I say a prayer, Charles H Taylor, Aberden.
to-day, it is not for him but for j These boys win be taught the
those of ua who are left behind | trade of their choice and to the par-
to emulate his virtues I ®"ts of each win go the sum of *22
—R- C- Lawrence- a month.
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And Chevrolet’s famous six cylinder economy . . . plus the
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means that all of them are misers with your money when It
cornea to gas, oil and upkeep.
Choose Chevrolet trucks for 1940 and you choose the nation’s
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